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RELEVANT LINKS: • transit facilities for buses, light rail transit,commuter rail or passenger rail, including transit ways,park-and-ride lots,transit stations, maintenance and garage facilities, and other facilities related to a public transit system. • public beaches or boat launches. • public parking. • civic recreation or conference facilities. • public service facilities such as fire halls,police stations, lift stations, water towers, sanitation facilities,water treatment facilities, and administrative offices. Minn.Stat.*282.01,subd. When a city receives non-conservation land without payment, the city will lc. receive a specialized type of deed that specifies the uses for which the city may use the land for a certain period of time. This is known as a use deed. For example, if the city wishes to use the land for park land,the use deed will state that the land may only be used for park purposes. Minn.Stat.§282.01,subd. When the city has acquired land under a use deed, it must put the land to its Id.City of St Paul v State, 754 NW 2d 386(Minn.ct. specified use within three years or the land will revert to the state. If the city App.2008). later abandons the specified use before the time periods discussed below,the A.G.Op.425-c-11(May 27, 1964). land will also revert to the state. If the city abandons the public use for which it holds only a use deed, it may not convey the land to private parties. State statute allows cities to petition to change specified uses in a use deed. Cities that wish to covert public uses from one use to another(for example from park land to parking land)must seek approval for the change from the commissioner of revenue and the county board in which the land is located. If the change is approved,the city will be issued a new use deed stating the changed use. Minn.Stat.§282.01,subd. Non-conservation land obtained by a use deed on or after January 1, 2007, l d. may be acquired outright by the city after 15 years from the date of the conveyance when certain conditions are met. To acquire the property without use restriction,the city must: • make an application to the Commissioner of Revenue. • demonstrate that the property has been put to the use for which it was originally conveyed by use deed. • demonstrate that the city has no current intention to change the use for which the property was conveyed by the original use deed. • demonstrate that the county wherein the property is located has not filed any objection to the issuance of a new deed after 60 days notice. Non-conservation land obtained by a use deed before January 1,2007,may be released from the use restriction and possibility of reversion on January 1, 2022, if the county board wherein the property is located records a resolution requesting release on behalf of the city. League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 1/22/2015 Purchase and Sale of Real Property Page 7